Scholarships

There are different ways to fund your doctoral studies at ZEF: 

- Scholarship funded by the Development-Related Postgraduate Course program (EPOS) of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in combination with BIGS-DR. 

The requirements are to be found here: DAAD Epos

- The following institutions, foundations, organizations supported our doctoral studnets so far:

Scholarships and research support for our doctoral students are provided by a huge variety of organizations:
Governments of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Taiwan, DAAD regional programs, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst (KAAD), Fulbright Foundation, Volkswagenstiftung, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst (EED), Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Stiftung der deutschen Wirtschaft (SDW), Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR),  Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, National Secretary of Science Technology and Innovation (SENAYIT), CONACYT, SENESCYT, ICIPE, Kenya, etc.

You can find other appropriate institutions here: Funding and Scholarships- University of Bonn

BIGS-DR is a full-time program. Financing the doctoral program by part-time work is no option.